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Beloit board signals support for three-year operational referendum scenario focused on staff compensation and academic/behavioral supports
Summary
Board members on Jan. 14 signaled a preference for a three‑year operational referendum scenario (referred to in staff materials as H2) that emphasizes recurring compensation increases for staff and funds for academic and behavioral supports; board set direction to present the question for a vote later in the week.
Members of the Beloit School District Board and district staff engaged in an extensive Jan. 14 discussion about possible operational referendum scenarios to present to voters this spring. Staff presented multiple scenarios with different mill-rate impacts, recurring compensation proposals and some nonrecurring investments (described in staff materials as new and additional funds).
Superintendent Dr. Dexter Garrison and district finance lead (Mr. Chaney) summarized scenario trade-offs and asked the board for direction. After a wide-ranging discussion that included questions about ballot language, accountability, and the mill-rate effect for an…
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